Method, apparatus, and system for accessing to a mobile communication network

• US 9,319,954 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhuang, Hongcheng, Zhang, Jietao, Luo, Zezhou
• Primary Examiner(s): Elhag, Magdi
• Application Number:
  US13/785,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20130183976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 455436-444, 455/450, 455/451, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/453, 370329-332
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/08 Load balancing or load distribution transferring a connection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/165 for reducing network power consumption H04W36/18 - H04W36/22 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/22 for handling the traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

A method for accessing to a mobile communication network, comprising: acquiring a session matching level for each cell, which is calculated based on a session type of a session initiated by a user terminal as needed, a session data rate available to the user terminal of each cell and load balance parameters of each cell; accessing to a cell selected according to the session matching level for each cell. Further, it also provides another method for accessing to a mobile communication network, and corresponding user terminal, network-side device and communication system.

Claims

1. A method for accessing to a mobile communication network, the method comprising:

acquiring, by a network node or a user terminal, a session type of a session initiated by the user terminal, session data rates available to the user terminal in potential serving cells, and load balance parameters of the potential serving cells that comprise a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to an available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to a statistic number of handovers of the session type in the potential serving cell;

calculating, by the network node or the terminal, a session matching level M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho) for each of the potential serving cells according to a level of the acquired session type supported by the Radio Access Technology in each of the potential serving cells M_rat,s, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells R_c,u, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells; and

accessing, by the terminal, one of the potential serving cells selected according to the session matching levels,

wherein the one of the potential serving cells is selected by the terminal according to the session matching levels calculated by the terminal or according to the session matching levels received from the network node, or

wherein the one of the potential serving cells is selected and notified by the network node according to the session matching levels calculated by the network node.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells comprises calculating the session data rate R_c,u in each of the potential serving cells according to a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the path from the user terminal to a base station of each of the potential serving cells and a minimum resource unit allocated to the session by each of the potential serving cells.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting the frequency migration factor a_c,ss based on a spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells; and

adjusting the switching factor a_c,ho based on a statistic number of handovers of the session type in each of the potential serving cells.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein adjusting the frequency migration factor a_c,ss based on the spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells comprises:

increasing the frequency migration factor a_c,ss according to a predetermined strategy when the spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells exceeds a preset first available spectrum resource threshold value; and

decreasing the frequency migration factor a_c,ss according to the predetermined strategy when the spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells is less than a preset second available spectrum resource threshold value, wherein the first available spectrum resource threshold value is larger than the second available spectrum resource threshold value.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein adjusting the switching factor a_c,ho based on the statistic number of handovers of the session type in each of the potential serving cells comprises:

decreasing the switching factor a_c,ho according to the predetermined strategy when the number of switching times of the session in each of the potential serving cells exceeds a preset first session switching time threshold value; and

increasing the switching factor a_c,ho according to the predetermined strategy, when the number of switching times of the session in each of the potential serving cells is smaller than a preset second session switching time threshold value, wherein the first session switching times threshold value is larger than the second session switching times threshold value.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

acquiring the load information of each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells; and

calculating the spectrum resource available in the serving cells and the adjacent cells based on the load information of each of the potential serving cells and the adjacent cells.

7. The method according to claim 4, further comprising acquiring from an Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) module the first available spectrum resource threshold value, the second available spectrum resource threshold value, the first session switching time threshold value, and the second session switching time threshold value of each of the potential serving cells.

8. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

acquiring the load information of each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells;

and setting the first available spectrum resource threshold value, the second available spectrum resource threshold value, the first session switching time threshold value, and the second session switching time threshold value of each of the potential serving cells according to the load information of each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network-side device is further configured to:

adjust the frequency migration factor a_c,ss based on a spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells; and

adjust the switching factor a_c,ho based on a number of switching times of a session in each of the potential serving cells.

10. A method for accessing a mobile communication network, comprising:

acquiring a session type of a session initiated by a user terminal, session data rates available to the user terminal in potential serving cells, and load balance parameters of the potential serving cells;

calculating session matching levels for the potential serving cells according to a level of the acquired session type, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells; and

transmitting the session matching level to the user terminal so that the user terminal accesses to a selected cell among a plurality of cells,

wherein the selected cell is selected according to the received session matching level for each cell, or

wherein the selected cell is selected by;

acquiring session matching levels transmitted by other cells;

selecting, according to the session matching levels for the serving cell and other cells, the selected cell for the user terminal; and

notifying the user terminal of the selected cell for the user terminal to access,

wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to the available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to the statistic number of handovers of the session type in a potential serving cell, and

wherein calculating the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells according to the session type, the session data rate available to the user terminal in each of the potential serving cells and the load balance parameters of each of the potential serving cells comprises;

acquiring a Radio Access Technology (RAT) session support level (M_rat,s) of the session type in each of the potential serving cells based on the acquired session type; and

calculating the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells according to M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho),

wherein R_c,u is the session data rate available to the user terminal in each of the potential serving cells, and wherein M_s,c,u is the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells.

11. A user terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium in which instructions are stored, wherein by performing the instructions, the processor is configured to;

acquire a session matching level for each of a plurality of cells that are calculated according to a session type of the session initiated by a user terminal as needed, a session data rate available to the user terminal in each cell, and load balance parameters of each potential serving cell;

select a cell to access according to the acquired session matching level for each potential serving cell;

acquire the session type of the session initiated by the user terminal as needed, the session data rate available to the user terminal in each cell, and the load balance parameters of each cell;

calculate the session matching level for each cell according to the session type, the session data rate available to the user terminal in each cell and the load balance parameters of each cell;

acquire the session type of the session initiated by the user terminal as needed, the session data rate (R_c,u) available to the user terminal in each cell, and the load balance parameters of each cell, wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to the available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to the statistic number of handovers of the session type in a potential serving cell;

acquire a radio access technology (RAT) session support level (M_rat,s) of the session type in each cell based on the acquired session type; and

calculate the session matching level for each cell according to M_s,c,u;

M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho),

wherein M_s,c,u is the session matching level for each potential serving cell.

12. A network-side device, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium in which instructions are stored, wherein by performing the instructions, the processor is configured to;

acquire a session type of a session initiated by the user terminal as needed, session data rates available to the user terminal in potential serving cells, and load balance parameters of the potential serving cells, wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to the available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to the statistic number of handovers of the session type in a potential serving cell;

calculate session matching levels for the potential serving cells according to a level of the acquired session type supported by the Radio Access Technology (RAT) in each of the potential serving cells, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells;

transmit the session matching level to the user terminal so that the user terminal accesses to a cell selected according to the received session matching level for each cell;

or

acquire the session matching levels transmitted by other cells, select a cell for the user terminal based on the session matching levels for the serving cell and other cells, and notify the user terminal of the selected cell for the user terminal to access;

acquire the session type of the session initiated by the user terminal as needed, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells,

wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor and a switching factor, and

wherein a RAT session support levels of the session type in the potential serving cells are acquired based on the acquired session type,

calculate the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells according to M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho),

wherein M_s,c,u is the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells, wherein M_rat,s is the RAT session support level of the session type in each of the potential serving cells, and wherein R_c,u is the session data rate available to the user terminal in each of the potential serving cells.

13. The network-side device according to claim 12, wherein by performing the instructions, the processor is further configured to:

adjust the frequency migration factor a_c,ss based on the spectrum resource available and load in each of the potential serving cells; and

adjust the switching factor a_c,ho based on statistic number of handovers of the session type in each of the potential serving cells.

14. The network-side device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

increase the frequency migration factor according to predetermined strategies when the spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells exceeds a preset first available spectrum resource threshold value; and

decrease the frequency migration factor according to the predetermined strategies when the spectrum resource is available in each of the serving cells is less than a preset second available spectrum resource threshold value, wherein the first available spectrum resource threshold value is larger than the second available spectrum resource threshold value.

15. The network-side device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

decrease the switching factor according to the predetermined strategies when the number of switching times of a session in each of the potential serving cells exceeds a preset first session switching time threshold value; and

increase the switching factor according to the predetermined strategies when the number of the switching times of the session in each of the serving cells is smaller than a preset second session switching time threshold value, wherein the first session switching time threshold value is larger than the second session switching time threshold value.

16. The network-side device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire the load information of each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells;

calculate the spectrum resource available in each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells based on the load information of the serving cell and adjacent cells; and

set the first available spectrum resource threshold value, the second available spectrum resource threshold value, the first session switching time threshold value, and the second session switching time threshold value according to the load information of each of the potential serving cells and adjacent cells.

17. The network-side device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire from an Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) node the first available spectrum resource threshold value, the second available spectrum resource threshold value, the first session switching time threshold value, and the second session switching time threshold value of each of the potential serving cells.

18. The network-side device according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

select the one of the potential serving cells for the user terminal to access to, but when there is no spectrum resource available in the selected one of the potential serving cells, to acquire the unused spectrum resource in a plurality of adjacent cells of the selected one of the potential serving cells; and

provide the unused spectrum resource to the session when it is determined that the acquired unused spectrum resource in adjacent cells satisfies present requirements of the session.

19. A communication system, comprising:

a user terminal; and

a network-side device comprising a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire a session type of a session initiated by the user terminal as needed, session data rates available to the user terminal in potential serving cells, and load balance parameters of the potential serving cells,

wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to the available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to the statistic number of handovers of the session type in a potential serving cell; and

calculate session matching levels for the potential serving cells according to a level of the acquired session type supported by the Radio Access Technology (RAT) in each of the potential serving cells, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells according to M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho),

wherein M_s,c,u is the session matching level for each of the potential serving cells,

wherein M_rat,s is the RAT session support level of the session type in each of the potential serving cells,

wherein is the session data rate available to the user terminal in each of the potential serving cells,

wherein the session matching levels are used for selecting one of the potential serving cells for the user terminal to access to, and

wherein the user terminal is configured to;

receive the session matching level transmitted by each of the at least two network-side devices;

select one of the potential serving cells according to the received session matching levels; and

access the selected cell.

20. A communication system, comprising:

a user terminal; and

a network-side device,

wherein the network-side device is configured to;

acquire a session type of a session initiated by the user terminal as needed, session data rates available to the user terminal in potential serving cells, and load balance parameters of the potential serving cells, wherein the load balance parameters include a frequency migration factor (a_c,ss) related to the available spectrum resource and load in a potential serving cell and a switching factor (a_c,ho) related to the statistic number of handovers of the session type in a potential serving cell; and

calculate session matching levels for the potential serving cells according to a level of the acquired session type supported by the Radio Access Technology (RAT) in each of the potential serving cells, the session data rates available to the user terminal in the potential serving cells, and the load balance parameters of the potential serving cells according to M_s,c,u;

M_s,c,u=M_rat,sR_c,u(1+a_c,ss−

a_c,ho),

wherein M_s,c,u is the session matching level for each potential serving cell,

wherein M_rat,s is the RAT session support level of the session type in each of the potential serving cells,

wherein R_c,u is the session data rate available to the user terminal in each of the potential serving cells,

wherein the session matching levels are used for selecting one of the potential serving cells for the user terminal to access to, and

wherein the user terminal is configured to;

receive notification transmitted by the network-side device within a cell where the user terminal is located, wherein the notification indicates the cell selected for the user terminal; and

access the cell according to the notification.